George Clinton: The Mothership Connection

George Clinton: The Mothership Connection
Video by George Clinton; Parliament-Funkadelic
Released	1998; reissued in 2001
Recorded	October 31, 1976
Genre	Funk
Length	83:00
Label	Pioneer Artists
Producer	George Clinton, Alan Douglas, and Archie Ivy
George Clinton; Parliament-Funkadelic chronology
George Clinton: The Mothership Connection (1998) George Clinton And Parliament/Funkadelic – Live At Montreux (2004)

George Clinton: The Mothership Connection is the title of a DVD released in 1998 and then reissued in 2001, featuring George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. The DVD features a concert performed by Parliament-Funkadelic at The Summit in Houston, Texas on October 31, 1976. The DVD documents the beginning of famed P-Funk Earth Tour, which would run for almost two years.

Personnel

• Bass: Cordell Mosson
• Guitars: Michael Hampton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins
• Drums: Jerome Brailey
• Horns: Fred Wesley (trombone), Maceo Parker (saxophone), Richard Griffith (trumpet), and Rick Gardner (trumpet)
• Keyboards: Bernie Worrell
• Vocals: George Clinton, Glenn Goins, Garry Shider, Fuzzy Haskins, Grady Thomas, Calvin Simon, Ray Davis, Debbie Wright, Jeanette Washington
• Members of the P-Funk spin-off act Bootsy's Rubber Band, as well as Sly and the Family Stone, appear near the end of the video.

Tracks

1. "Cosmic Slop" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
2. "Do That Stuff" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider)
3. "Gamin' On Ya" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
4. "Standing on the Verge of Getting It On ~ Undisco Kidd" (George Clinton, Grace Cook~George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
5. "Children Of Production" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
6. "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
7. "Swing Down Sweet Chariot" (Glen Goins, George Clinton, Bernie Worrell)
8. "Dr. Funkenstein" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
9. "Comin' Round The Mountain"
10. "P-Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" (George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins)
11. "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" (George Clinton, Jerome Brailey, Bootsy Collins)
12. "Night Of The Thumpasorus Peoples" (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Bootsy Collins)
13. "Funkin' For Fun" (George Clinton, Garry Shider, Glenn Goins)

See also

The Mothership Connection – Live from Houston